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Ancestry look up. please.

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Hilary

Hilary Report 3 Jul 2019 15:41

Could someone please look at Iseley family tree for me. There is a tree on Ancestry with Theophilus Iseley on it, father Charles Iseley & mother Mary Drew. I am interested to see what info is on it as Theophilus Iseley was my maternal grandfather. I know he married Mary Croote in Shoreditch, London in 1798 & he died in Upwood, Hunts. on 18/8/1832. He has been 1 of my brick walls for years as never found his birth. Does'nt seem he was born in Upwood as I have been to record office. Hoping this tree will give me some new info. Says his father was Charles Iseley & mother Mary Drew. Anything will help.
Thanks.
There is another Theophilus born in Wisbech area about same time but he married someone else.

greyghost

greyghost Report 3 Jul 2019 16:13

From Ancestry but citing the Family Search record. Birth said to be Upwood but baptised Wisbech

Text only - no image

England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

Name Theophilus Iseley
Gender Male
Baptism Date 01 Jul 1770
Baptism Place Wisbech-St. Peter, Cambridge, England
Father Charles Iseley
Mother Mary
FHL Film Number1040587
Household Members
NameAge
Name Mary
Name Charles Iseley
Name Theophilus Iseley

Hilary

Hilary Report 3 Jul 2019 16:31

I have seen this Theophilus before but he was married to someone else, can't remember now. There is no record of him in Upwood. My Theophilus had all his children in Upwood & my tree goes right down to my grandfather being born there. Haven't traced this Theophilus having children in Wisbech St Peter. I seem to remember seeing somewhere that this Theo's father died in Offard D'Arcy Hunts. Maybe I am missing something somewhere, drives me bonkers.

greyghost

greyghost Report 3 Jul 2019 16:38

Ancestry tree -

William Iseley c 1660 Lincoln Death c 1715 Lincolnshire

Child William Iseley c 1680 Lincoln.
Married Mary (1680-1740) c1700 Lincolnshire
Died c1736 Tydd St Mary, Lincs.
Buried 9.5.1736 Tydd St Mary - FHL film England Select Deaths and Burials

Child William c 1700 Lincolnshire England Select Births and Christenings
Married 23.7.1730 Tydd St Mary to Mary Palmer (1710-1770)
Death c 1770

Children -
William 1731 - 1731
William 1734-1785 (?bap 11.2.1734 Tydd) unknown spouse
and
Charles 1744 - 1794
marr Mary Drew c 1765 Hunts AND Mary Drew 2.10.1803 St Leonard, Shoreditch. died c1794 Offord Darcy, Hunts

Child Theophilus

Maddie

Maddie Report 3 Jul 2019 17:42

this must be the other marriage

Theophilus
Last name Isley
Birth year -
Marriage year 1797
Spouse's first name(s) Sara
Spouse's last name Wibrow
Place Fen Ditton
County Cambridgeshire
Country England
Source
Boyd's marriage index, 1538-1850
Record set England, Boyd's Marriage Indexes, 1538-1850
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Parish Marriages
Collections from England, Great Britain

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 3 Jul 2019 19:16

From FMP .............

I assume this is your Theophilus???

Year of birth is given as 1766


Huntingdonshire Burials

First name(s) THEOPHILUS
Last name ISELEY
Birth year 1766
Death year 1832
Burial year 1832
Burial day 18
Burial month Aug
Age 66
Place UPWOOD & GREAT RAVELEY
County Huntingdonshire
Country England
Record set Huntingdonshire Burials



a little bit more information on the NBI version .......

National Burial Index For England & Wales

First name(s) Theophilus
Last name Iseley
Age 66
Birth year 1766
Death year 1832
Burial year 1832
Burial date 18 Aug 1832
Church St Peter
Denomination Anglican
Place Upwood & Great Raveley
County Huntingdonshire
Country England
Record set National Burial Index For England & Wales

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 3 Jul 2019 19:23

The only baptism that turns up on FMP or FreeReg is for the one in 1770 in Wisbech.


Your Theophilus sounds like my 5 x gt grandfather who appeared at his marriage in 1740, and no-one has so far succeeded in finding where he came from, except that he was "of full age".


Years ago I came up with the explanation that there was a space ship that had been circling Earth for many years, picking up people from "here" and dropping them "there" :-D

malyon

malyon Report 3 Jul 2019 21:55

is this charles died in cambridgeshire name spelt different

Charles Isola
England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
Name:
Charles Isola
Gender:
Male
Burial Date:
04 Oct 1814
Burial Place:
St. Mary-The-Less Church, Cambridge, Cambridge, England

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 3 Jul 2019 22:39

Malyon -
that will be this man. Not Charles Iseley:

Charles. Isola
in the Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900
Name: Charles. Isola
College: EMMANUEL
Entered: Michs. 1792
Died: 28 Sep 1814


Charles Isola
in the England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 No Image
Name: Charles Isola
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 1 Mar 1803
Marriage Place: Cambridge, Cambridge, , England
Spouse: Mary Humphreys
FHL Film Number: 1818408

Pallot's Marriage Index says "Isola, Chas, of Fen Ditton".

Hilary

Hilary Report 4 Jul 2019 05:13

Thanks everyone. So frustrating, must have been a big space ship as seem to be at dead ends everywhere. Think I will have to check this Theo out again. All these places that are mentioned are quite close to where I live. I visit Upwood cemetery quite often as I have found quite alot of ancestors & their families graves there. We even put my mum's ashes in her mum's grave there. There is a William Iseley that was born in 1796 that I think is Theo's son, maybe from Sarah. Need to check records to see when Sarah died.

greyghost

greyghost Report 6 Jul 2019 14:42

Related to this thread asking about Theophilus
https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1378419?jump=1378419